Real Conspiracies are Almost Never Uncovered by Conspiracy TheoristsIn teaching methodology to undergraduates I get great milage from philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872–1970)’s analogy ‘Russell’s Teapot’:May 4, 20224May 4, 20224
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